Here We Come A-Wassailing, conosciuto anche come Here We Come A-CarolingThe Wassail Song - Version 2 su The Hymns and Carols of Christmas o come (The) Wassail Song è un tradizionale canto natalizio inglese di autore anonimo risalente al XVII secolo The Wassail Song - Version 1 su The Hymns and Carols of Christmas e legato alla tradizione del wassailing (attestata sin dal XII secoloThe Wassail Song su Carols.org). La sua prima pubblicazione risale al 1848.Here We Come A-Wassailing su Fresno State.edu
Testo Il testo, che si compone di sei strofe inframezzate dal ritornello, contiene un augurio di buon anno da parte dei partecipanti al wassailing:
Here we come a-wassailing/a-caroling Among the leaves so green, Here we come a-wand'ring So fair to be seen.
Ritornello: Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail, too, And God bless you, and send you A Happy New Year, And God send you a Happy New Year.
We are not daily beggers That beg from door to door, But we are neighbors' children Whom you have seen before
Ritornello
Good master and good mistress, As you sit beside the fire, Pray think of us poor children Who wander in the mire.
Ritornello
We have a little purse Made of ratching leather skin; We want some of your small change To line it well within.
Ritornello
Bring us out a table And spread it with a cloth; Bring us out a cheese, And of your Christmas loaf.
Ritornello
God bless the master of this house, Likewise the mistress too; And all the little children That round the table go.
Ritornello
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